Courtland Craig GILLEN

(1880-1954)

GILLEN, Courtland Craig, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Roachdale, Putnam County,
Ind., July 3, 1880; attended the rural schools; was graduated from
Fincastle High School in 1897; taught common and high schools for
five years 1897-1904; attended De Pauw University at Greencastle,
Ind., 1901-1903; was graduated from the law department of the
University of Indianapolis (Indiana Law School) in 1905; was
admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Greencastle,
Ind.; served as county attorney 1909-1914 and as prosecuting
attorney of the sixty-fourth judicial circuit in 1917 and 1918;
delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1924; elected as a
Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3,
1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; elected
judge of the sixty-fourth judicial circuit (Putnam Circuit Court)
in 1934 and served from January 1, 1935, until his resignation on
April 15, 1939; resumed the private practice of law; died in
Greencastle, Ind., September 1, 1954; interment in Forest Hill
Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present